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###GERMANY FINANCE DATASET V2		###
###https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FSCDPI	###
###CODEBOOK				###
###2/12/2024				###
###MARC S. JACOB			###
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LINK TO ORIGINAL SOURCE: https://www.bundestag.de/parlament/praesidium/parteienfinanzierung/rechenschaftsberichte/rechenschaftsberichte-202446

### V2 RELEASE NOTES ###

V2 corrected three incorrect data entries for the following observations:
- e_pol_lab, CDU federal level, 2016
- i_sd, AfD local level, 2015
- i_man, The Left federal level, 2010

I am grateful to Pierre Zissel for detecting these incorrect entries.

### CAUTIONARY NOTE ###

The dataset was created using PDF scan detection due to the German Bundestag's provision of scanned PDFs on its website. While efforts were made to verify the compiled figures manually, it is important to note that there may still be a few inaccuracies in the data. No warranty is provided.

### VARIABLES (ENGLISH) ###

ID
party
year
state (BB=Brandenburg, BE=Berlin, BW=Baden-W�rttemberg, BY=Bavaria, HB=Bremen, HH=Hamburg, HE=Hesse, MV=Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NI=Lower Saxony, NW=North Rhine-Westphalia, RP=Rhineland-Palatinate, SH=Schleswig-Holstein, SL=Saarland, SN=Saxony, ST=Saxony-Anhalt, TH=Thuringia)
level (hq=headquarters, local=subordinate regional associations, sublocal=subordinate sub-regional associations)

i_fees = Membership fees
i_man = Representative fees and similar regular contributions
i_don_ind = Donations from natural persons
i_don_cor = Donations from legal entities
i_bus = Income from business activities
i_oth_ass = Income from other assets
i_inv = Income from investments
i_pubrel = Income from events, distribution of publications, and activities associated with income
i_sub = Government funds
i_oth = Other income

i_staff = Personnel expenses
e_mat = Material expenses for ongoing business operations
e_pol_lab = Material expenses for general political work
e_camp = Material expenses for election campaigns
e_wealth = Expenditure for asset management, including resulting interest
e_oth_int = Other interests
e_bus = Expenditure within own business activities
e_oth = Other expenses

### VARIABLES (GERMAN) ###

ID
party
year
state (BB=Brandenburg, BE=Berlin, BW=Baden-W�rttemberg, BY=Bayern, HB=Bremen, HH=Hamburg, HE=Hessen, MV=Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NI=Niedersachsen, NW=Nordrhein-Westfalen, RP=Rheinland-Pfalz, SH=Schleswig-Holstein, SL=Saarland, SN=Sachen, ST=Sachsen-Anhalt, TH=Th�ringen)
level (hq=headquarters, local=nachgeordnete Gebietsverb�nde, sublocal=nachgeordnete Gebietsverb�nge Unterlandesverband)

i_fees = Mitgliedsbeitr�ge
i_man = Mandatstr�gerbeitr�ge und �hnliche regelm��ige Beitr�ge
i_don_ind = Spenden von nat�rlichen Personen
i_don_cor = Spenden von juristischen Personen
i_bus = Einnahmen aus Unternehmenst�tigkeit
i_oth_ass = Einnhamen aus sonstigem Verm�gen
i_inv = Einnahmen aus Beteiligungen
i_pubrel = Einnahmen aus Veranstaltungen, Vertrieb von Druckschriften und Ver�ffentlichungen mit Einnahmen verbundender T�tigkeit
i_sub = Staatliche Mittel
i_oth = Sonstige Einnahmen

i_staff = Personalausgaben
e_mat = Sachausgaben des laufenden Gesch�ftsbetriebs
e_pol_lab = Sachausgaben f�r allgemeine politische Arbeit
e_camp = Sachausgaben f�r Wahlk�mpfe
e_wealth = Ausgaben f�r die Verm�gensverwaltung einschlie�lich sich hieraus ergebender Zinsen
e_oth_int = Sonstige Zinsen
e_bus = Ausgaben im Rahmen eigener Unternehmenst�tigkeit
e_oth = Sonstige Ausgaben
